The 2004 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the third edition of the annual event

FINA Water Polo World League

The FINA Water Polo World League began in 2002 to capitalize on increased worldwide popularity of water polo created by recent Olympic Games, especially in Europe, North America and Australia. Competition between the world’s best male players began on national teams in a season format with a prize...

, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA

Fina

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. After a preliminary round, the Super Final was held in Long Beach

Long Beach, California

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, United States

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Preliminary round

Pool winners advanced to the semifinals, while the second and third placed teams in each pool competed in the quarterfinals. The bottom team in each pool was eliminated.

Group A

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1		12	10	2	122	84	+38	32
2		12	7	5	132	107	+25	26
3		12	7	5	109	93	+16	26
4		12	0	12	65	144	–79	12

Group B

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1		12	9	3	128	101	+27	30
2		12	8	4	138	108	+30	28
3		12	5	7	113	121	–8	22
4		12	2	10	99	148	–49	16

Quarterfinals

	13–12
	7–5

Semifinals

	10–5
	10–7

Fifth place match

11-10

Bronze medal match

12–9

Gold medal match

12–8

Final ranking

RANK	Team
4
5
6
7
8